The Hazel Wood

#1 ABA IndieNext Pick
Indies Introduce Selection
Junior Library Guild Selection
Barnes & Noble Most Anticipated Fantasy of 2018
Book Riot Top 10 Most Anticipated Book of 2018
Bustle Most Anticipated Fantasy of 2018

"Alice's sharp-edged narration and Althea's terrifying fairy tales, interspersed throughout, build a tantalizing tale of secret histories and magic that carries costs and consequences. There is no happily-ever-after resolution except this: Alice's hard-won right to be in charge of her own story."
--Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Highly literary, occasionally surreal, and grounded by Alice's clipped, matter-of-fact voice, The Hazel Wood is a dark story that readers will have trouble leaving behind. The buzz for this debut is deafening, and the fact that the film adaption is already in the works doesn't hurt."
--ALA Booklist, starred review

"Simultaneously wondrous and horrific, dreamlike and bloody, lyrical and creepy, exquisitely haunting and casually, brutally cruel. Not everybody lives, and certainly not 'happily ever after'--but within all the grisly darkness, Alice's fierce integrity and hard-won self-knowledge shine unquenched."
--Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"An empowering read that will be especially popular with fans of fairy-tale retellings."
--SLJ, starred review

"Chilling, atmospheric, as fresh as it is dark: the must-read of the season."
--Romantic Times

"A breathtaking dive into the magic and importance of story in one's identity. Albert's exquisite wordsmithing and story weaving have kept the stars aloft for a new generation of readers."
--Shelf Awareness

"The Hazel Wood is thoroughly, creepily captivating, with surprises I never saw coming! Such a refreshing and beautifully written inversion of the classic fairy tale-inspired story."
--Kristin Cashore, award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of the Graceling Realm series and Jane, Unlimited

"This book will be your next literary obsession. Welcome to the Hazel Wood, where bad luck is a living thing, princesses are doomed, and every page contains a wondrously terrible adventure--it's not safe inside these pages, but once you enter, you may never want to leave. The Hazel Wood is pure imagination candy."
--Stephanie Garber, New York Times bestselling author of Caraval

"Dark, spellbinding, and magical. One of the most original books I've read in years--The Hazel Wood is destined to be a classic."
--Kami Garcia, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Beautiful Creatures and author of The Lovely Reckless

"Reader, I warn you: this book beckoned me in with delicate claws then sank its teeth into my heart. I fear a part of me will never escape The Hazel Wood."
--Heidi Heilig, author of The Girl from Everywhere and The Ship Beyond Time

"Melissa Albert's The Hazel Wood is an elegant dark fairy tale, full of the power of story. It's creepy and gorgeous, and I loved every word."
--Kat Howard, author of Roses and Rot

"Elegant, ethereal, and beautifully brutal, The Hazel Wood is a fairy tale worth falling for. This is a dream of a book I cannot recommend highly enough. It's like falling into a nautilus shell: every time you think you've found the end, another chamber opens. Absolutely breathtaking."
--Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of Every Heart a Doorway

"WOW. The Hazel Wood is absolutely mesmerizing, magical, and inventive. Hats off to Melissa Albert!"
--Karen McManus, New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying

"Dark, haunting, and absolutely mesmerizing: The Hazel Wood grabbed me with its mysterious, upside-down fairy tales, full of thorns and sharp twists. In no time at all, I became obsessed with this book, willing to follow it anywhere--even deep into the Hinterland."
--Jodi Meadows, New York Times bestselling coauthor of My Lady Jane and author of Before She Ignites

"The Hazel Wood kept me up all night. I had every light burning and the covers pulled tight around me as I fell completely into the dark and beautiful world within its pages. Terrifying, magical, and surprisingly funny, it's one of the very best books I've read in years."
--Jennifer Niven, New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places

"A winding, creepy, insidiously delicious novel. Utterly spectacular. I read it in one sitting!"
--Melinda Salisbury, author of The Sin-Eater's Daughter

"Full of dark, twisty corners and eerie beauty, The Hazel Wood is like nothing else I've read before."
--Evelyn Skye, New York Times bestselling author of The Crown's Game

Five starred reviews!
#1 ABA IndieNext Pick
Indies Introduce Selection
Junior Library Guild Selection
Named a most anticipated book of 2018 by Entertainment Weekly, BuzzFeed, Esquire, and more

"An eerie, assured first novel. Albert occasionally entwines the haunting tales of the grandmother's book through this mesmerizing narrative, creatinga fantasy as lush and twisty as ivy."
--The Washington Post

"One of those rare young adult fantasy novels that holds a self-contained world in only a few hundred pages. If the novel's heroine is a teenage girl, then her story will appeal to readers of all ages, with its intrigue and strange fairy tale magic and very grown up writing."
--Esquire

"A can't-miss, dark, and creepy new take on fairy tales that will have you glued to the page until the very end."
--BuzzFeed

"[The Hazel Wood returned that singular feeling of reading as a kid--back when all of the adult responsibilities weren't crowding in and you could wrap a story around yourself like a blanket."
--The Wall Street Journal

"Alice's sharp-edged narration and Althea's terrifying fairy tales, interspersed throughout, build a tantalizing tale of secret histories and magic that carries costs and consequences. There is no happily-ever-after resolution except this: Alice's hard-won right to be in charge of her own story."
--Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Highly literary, occasionally surreal, and grounded by Alice's clipped, matter-of-fact voice, The Hazel Wood is a dark story that readers will have trouble leaving behind. The buzz for this debut is deafening, and the fact that the film adaption is already in the works doesn't hurt."
--ALA Booklist, starred review

"Simultaneously wondrous and horrific, dreamlike and bloody, lyrical and creepy, exquisitely haunting and casually, brutally cruel. Not everybody lives, and certainly not 'happily ever after'--but within all the grisly darkness, Alice's fierce integrity and hard-won self-knowledge shine unquenched."
--Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"An empowering read that will be especially popular with fans of fairy-tale retellings."
--School Library Journal, starred review

"Fans of the dark supernatural will gobble this up, their only disappointing being that only two of Alice's grandmother's tales are related in full."
--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review

"A breathtaking dive into the magic and importance of story in one's identity. Albert's exquisite wordsmithing and story weaving have kept the stars aloft for a new generation of readers."
--Shelf Awareness

"Chilling, atmospheric, as fresh as it is dark: the must-read of the season."
--Romantic Times

"The Hazel Wood is thoroughly, creepily captivating, with surprises I never saw coming! Such a refreshing and beautifully written inversion of the classic fairy tale-inspired story."
--Kristin Cashore, award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of the Graceling Realm series and Jane, Unlimited

"This book will be your next literary obsession. Welcome to the Hazel Wood, where bad luck is a living thing, princesses are doomed, and every page contains a wondrously terrible adventure--it's not safe inside these pages, but once you enter, you may never want to leave. The Hazel Wood is pure imagination candy."
--Stephanie Garber, New York Times bestselling author of Caraval

"Dark, spellbinding, and magical. One of the most original books I've read in years--The Hazel Wood is destined to be a classic."
--Kami Garcia, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Beautiful Creatures and author of The Lovely Reckless

"Reader, I warn you: this book beckoned me in with delicate claws then sank its teeth into my heart. I fear a part of me will never escape The Hazel Wood."
--Heidi Heilig, author of The Girl from Everywhere and The Ship Beyond Time

"Melissa Albert's The Hazel Wood is an elegant dark fairy tale, full of the power of story. It's creepy and gorgeous, and I loved every word."
--Kat Howard, author of Roses and Rot

"Elegant, ethereal, and beautifully brutal, The Hazel Wood is a fairy tale worth falling for. This is a dream of a book I cannot recommend highly enough. It's like falling into a nautilus shell: every time you think you've found the end, another chamber opens. Absolutely breathtaking."
--Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of Every Heart a Doorway

"WOW. The Hazel Wood is absolutely mesmerizing, magical, and inventive. Hats off to Melissa Albert!"
--Karen McManus, New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying

"Dark, haunting, and absolutely mesmerizing: The Hazel Wood grabbed me with its mysterious, upside-down fairy tales, full of thorns and sharp twists. In no time at all, I became obsessed with this book, willing to follow it anywhere--even deep into the Hinterland."
--Jodi Meadows, New York Times bestselling author of My Lady Jane and Before She Ignites

"The Hazel Wood kept me up all night. I had every light burning and the covers pulled tight around me as I fell completely into the dark and beautiful world within its pages. Terrifying, magical, and surprisingly funny, it's one of the very best books I've read in years."
--Jennifer Niven, New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places

"A winding, creepy, insidiously delicious novel. Utterly spectacular. I read it in one sitting!"
--Melinda Salisbury, author of The Sin-Eater's Daughter

"Full of dark, twisty corners and eerie beauty, The Hazel Wood is like nothing else I've read before."
--Evelyn Skye, New York Times bestselling author of The Crown's Game

Six starred reviews!
#1 ABA IndieNext Pick
ABA Indies Introduce Selection
Junior Library Guild Selection
Named a most anticipated book of 2018 by Entertainment Weekly, BuzzFeed, Esquire, and more

"An eerie, assured first novel. Albert occasionally entwines the haunting tales of the grandmother's book through this mesmerizing narrative, creating a fantasy as lush and twisty as ivy."
--The Washington Post

"One of those rare young adult fantasy novels that holds a self-contained world in only a few hundred pages. If the novel's heroine is a teenage girl, then her story will appeal to readers of all ages, with its intrigue and strange fairy tale magic and very grown up writing."
--Esquire

"A can't-miss, dark, and creepy new take on fairy tales that will have you glued to the page until the very end."
--BuzzFeed

"The Hazel Wood returned that singular feeling of reading as a kid--back when all of the adult responsibilities weren't crowding in and you could wrap a story around yourself like a blanket."
--The Wall Street Journal

"A contemporary fantasy that dwells in an atmospheric, intertwining world of terrifying circumstances; a breathtaking dive into the magic and importance of story in one's identity. 'Story is the fabric of the Hinterland, ' one of the residents tells Alice. Another says, stories 'create the energy that makes this world go. They keep our stars in place.' If this is so, Albert's exquisite wordsmithing and story weaving have kept the stars aloft for a new generation of readers."
--Shelf Awareness, starred review

"Alice's sharp-edged narration and Althea's terrifying fairy tales, interspersed throughout, build a tantalizing tale of secret histories and magic that carries costs and consequences. There is no happily-ever-after resolution except this: Alice's hard-won right to be in charge of her own story."
--Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Highly literary, occasionally surreal, and grounded by Alice's clipped, matter-of-fact voice, The Hazel Wood is a dark story that readers will have trouble leaving behind. The buzz for this debut is deafening, and the fact that the film adaption is already in the works doesn't hurt."
--ALA Booklist, starred review

"Simultaneously wondrous and horrific, dreamlike and bloody, lyrical and creepy, exquisitely haunting and casually, brutally cruel. Not everybody lives, and certainly not 'happily ever after'--but within all the grisly darkness, Alice's fierce integrity and hard-won self-knowledge shine unquenched."
--Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"An empowering read that will be especially popular with fans of fairy-tale retellings."
--School Library Journal, starred review

"Fans of the dark supernatural will gobble this up, their only disappointing being that only two of Alice's grandmother's tales are related in full."
--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review

"It's no exaggeration to say that The Hazel Wood is one of the most anticipated books of the year. Fortunately this is one of those cases where the hype is justified. Readers, especially those with a fondness for dark fairy tales, won't want to miss this brilliant combination of realistic fiction and fantasy...